Good evening one and all! It’s a snowbound Saturday night in rural Douglas County with about four inches of snow on the ground, three logs ablaze in the wood-burning stove, and a happy, fat, old man enjoying a day of sports. Chiefs and Jayhawks both won their respective games today. The Jayhawks had a game …
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Jan 11
Day 20,207
It’s a winter storm warning kind of Friday night in rural Douglas County, and my beloved is sleeping in her recliner, sweatshirt odd pulled down over her eyes. Gracie is sitting on the sofa, Colby asleep in her arms. We’ve had in interesting day, with the flat tires, and the phone calls, and a few …
Jan 10
Day 20,206
OK, it’s getting late on a Thursday night in January. The trash is out to the corner. We’re kicking back watching a little TV, “The Orville”, a nice little spoof of every Star Trek series ever made, tonight with actors featured on Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Enterprise. It’s been a long day. Gracie …
Jan 09
Day 20,205
Hey, it’s a Wednesday in the year 2019, and I’m a little bit hacked off at myself. I had a couple of decent ideas for my blog tonight that sort of popped in the old noggin while I was driving home from work, and lo, and behold, I can’t remember either one right now. Oh… …
Jan 08
Day 20,204
It’s Tuesday night in rural Douglas County, and the old fat man is watching “Avengers:Infinity War” with my Bonbon. Bon whipped up some of her roasted veggies tonight. Added in a bowl of Lisa’s church beans, and I am the owner of a happy tum-tum. Second day of my class went pretty well, with setting …
Jan 07
Day 20,2013
Welcome friends and relatives yet to be born! It’s a crisp Monday evening in rural Douglas County, and the College Football Playoff is rocking. Looks like Clemson is going to take home the trophy tonight, up 44-16 at the beginning of the 4th quarter. I just don’t see Alabama scoring four unanswered touchdowns in the …
Jan 06
Day 20,202
It’s Sunday evening in rural Douglas County. Tomorrow I return to the classroom for the first time in a month or so. Seriously. That’s the thing about my work. We take a serious hiatus over the holidays, and with the company moving from one side of the road to the other side of the road, …
Jan 05
Day 20,201
So I corrected my day count. I am twenty thousand, two hundred and one days old today. I probably ought to check the day count more regularly. I get distracted a little bit too frequently these days, and I make silly mistakes. So, it’s a Saturday night in rural Douglas County. Kansas found a new, …
Jan 04
Day 20,199
I better go back and double check my day count again. I might be off a day or two. It’s Friday night. Dane and I are watching a little TV, the first episode of “Counterpart”, wondering if this series is going to be worth the time investment. I think that’s something I’m doing more of, …
Jan 03
Day 20,198
There are no bottle bugs. Someday that will make sense to somebody that is having a conversation. OK, back to a more conventional greeting… it’s a Thursday night in rural Douglas County, and we’re watching a little television. I went over to watch Gracie’s basketball team play at Gardner-Edgerton. I have to say, maybe my …